The Red Dragon (1946)

Directed by

Phil Rosen

Genre

mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 04m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Charlie Chan investigates a case involving a stolen secret formula. He is joined by his number three son Tommy and a nervous new chauffeur named Chattanooga Brown.

lightheartedwhimsicalgentleplayfulnostalgicmysteriouscomedicleisurely

What happens

The Red Dragon is a 1946 mystery film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan, with Benson Fong as Number Three Son Tommy and Willie Best as Chan's nervous chauffeur. The role of Chan's chauffeur Birmingham Brown was traditionally played by comedian Mantan Moreland, but not in this film. Mantan Moreland and Ben Carter, seen in the previous Chan mystery The Scarlet Clue, became so popular as a comedy team that they embarked on a coast-to-coast personal-appearance tour for eight weeks, which is why Moreland was missing from the next two Chan pictures, The Red Dragon and Dangerous Money. Veteran African-American comic Willie Best substituted for him as Chattanooga Brown, Birmingham's cousin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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